The Pirate Bay Fights Back Against UK Ban

Like so many other readers, enthusiasts and activists suggested, there's a convenient way to circumvent the new ban on The Pirate Bay if you live in the UK. That's right, popular torrent site Pirate Bay has been blocked in an official UK ruling, but the group behind the service isn't standing still to take the punches.

"No one from TPB was invited to the court case, which would be normal to do in a democracy,"

"This is not the first time this happens, it's been the same in most countries we're censored in. We have no right to speak since we're not rich."

"Don't forget that we can't allow this s**t to happen. Next time they're coming for something else. And yes, there will be a next time if we don't stop them,"

There's always a next time.

Some commenters across various websites agreed with Pirate Bay, that they're on the unjustly receiving end of big industry strong-arming. Others feel that the Pirate Bay works as an enabler for copyright infringement, much in the same way that drug suppliers or arms dealers work as enablers for private wars or drug abuse.

It's a tricky business and slippery territory because there's no guarantee that copyrighted material is more or less safe after the UK court ruling. More people may just be inclined to use alternative torrenting services or find ways to access copyrighted material from other sources.

The Pirate Bay group, however, offers up alternative solutions for accessing The Pirate Bay itself, suggesting to loyal followers to simply utilize their alt domains, Virtual Private Networks, TOR as well as other workarounds [where applicable] to get back to the torrent site and access content.

It looks like the fight for the freedom of content accessibility isn't over by a long shot, and it will be interesting to see how it all plays out from here on.